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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thank you to those with the helpful suggestions! Much to think about!

We always liked walking around old town Alexandria. Many ppl suggested del ray. What’s the school situation there? When searching on school rating websites (yes I know they’re flawed) the public elementary schools in Alexandria/ del ray didn’t seem to rank as high as Arlington or Fairfax? Am I missing something?

Vienna.... I guess I don’t know much about it except it’s the last stop on the orange line. It would be 45 mins at least into DC proper? I’m assuming we’ll end up in DC once or twice a week for meeting friends etc. A bit too far me thinks..?

For those families who live in westover - and also other parts of Arlington - do you walk to local things like little kids music class... the local library... stores/ restaurants/gyms? 
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The big difference between Alexandria (Del Ray or Old Town) and Vienna will be the yard size.  In general the yards are going to be larger in Vienna than in the close-in city part of Alexandria.  You have to decide if that is important to you.  Some of us have big yards in Alexandria but it is not as common as it is in Vienna and you'll pay a premium.  If you look in Del Ray or Old Town be sure that you have off-street parking or you will be miserable.  If you look into the Fairfax County part of Alexandria then you'll find larger yards and a more suburban feel.

Commute time to DC is actually about the same.  Yeah, I know that sounds weird but we have a real traffic problem in Alexandria.  I drive carpools into DC daily to get our kids to school.  It can easily take me 45 minutes to get from the 14th Street Bridge into Old Town after school during the week.  Getting them to school is bad but not nearly as bad as the afternoons.  Go figure.  Anyway, check out NextDoor and FaceBook about it (#JustinsTrafficJam).

I don't know what the schools in Vienna are like.[/quote]

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